Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The derelict sites legislation is 32 years old. It is important that every local authority enforces legislation that was passed by the State. Some of the main issues in housing are vacancy and dereliction, especially dereliction, and the onus is on the councils to ensure every cent of the levy is collected and every site is on the derelict sites register. Only 29 sites between two large local authorities seems like a small number, but perhaps I do not know the areas well enough. Certainly, 29 sites seems very low. Is that a fair comment?